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Bernie Sanders's Plan for Universal Child Care and Pre-K Education
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today unveiled his plan to provide free universal child care and pre-kindergarten...
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Bill Advances to Combat Improper Payments
Read moreCongress recently passed a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) to improve efforts to identify and reduce improper payments across...
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BPC Releases Recommendations on Reforming Federal Higher Education Support
Read moreThe Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Task Force on Higher Education Financing and Student Outcomes recently released a report outlining 45...
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President Trump has Signed $4.7 Trillion of Debt into Law
Read moreOur US Budget Watch 2020 project analyzes, estimates, and explains the fiscal implications of proposals introduced during the presidential campaigns...
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Cory Booker's "Baby Bonds" Plan
Read morePresidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has put forward a proposal to establish savings accounts for every child born in America funded...
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Will Thanksgiving Appropriations Be Stuffed with Debt?
Read moreHaving just enacted a continuing resolution last week to extend current government funding through November 21, policymakers must now work toward the...
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Was a "No" Vote on the Budget Deal a Vote for "More Spending"?
Read moreIn support of the $1.7 trillion Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (BBA19), Senator David Perdue (R-GA) gave a floor speech and penned an op-ed arguing...
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Addressing Common Claims About the Budget Deal
Read moreThe President and Congressional leaders announced a plan to raise the caps on discretionary spending by $322 billion for Fiscal Years (FY) 2020 and...
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President Trump’s $4 Trillion Debt Increase
Read moreIf the recent budget deal is signed into law, it will be the third major piece of deficit-financed legislation in President Trump's term. In total, we...
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Budget Deal's Offsets Don't Even Cover The Interest
Read morePresident Trump and leaders in Congress announced a deal this week to increase caps on discretionary spending by $169 billion in 2020 and $153 billion...
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Five Reasons to Oppose the Budget Deal
Read moreCongressional leaders and the President announced a proposed budget deal yesterday to raise the caps on discretionary spending for Fiscal Years (FY)...
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Policymakers Should Offset, or Reset, the Budget Deal
Read moreAccording to news reports, the White House recently sent Congressional leaders nearly $600 billion of potential budget savings options, requesting...